Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Sopych, Shostkynskyi Raion, Sumy Oblast

Sopych: 1,106 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 39° 1° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,110). #11 of 258 in the rayon, #947 of 1534 in the oblast.

Shostka, the rayon centre, is 61 km away. 185 m above sea level. 61 km away: Shostka, the nearest bigger centre, 1,082 — 2.2% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Суми, 109 km. 14.73 m between rows, pitch 18.45 m (latitude 51.9°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,106kWh/year
Tilt
39°1° east of south
10 kW
11,057kWh/year
Row pitch
18.45m · GCR 0.26
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,670 / 420Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Sopych

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 51.9° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Суми, 109 km: snow 1,670 Pa, wind 420 Pa.

  • No sign-up
  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

39Jan62Feb98Mar115Apr139May142Jun140Jul136Aug107Sep71Oct33Nov22Dec

June: 142 kWh/kWp, December: 22 — 6.5 times less.

January: 39 against 36 in the oblast, 8.3% more.

Sopych: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,529710110
1011,0571,420220
1516,5862,130330

Snow and wind: Суми

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Sumy: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 359 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 53,991 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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